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Junebug833
8/10/2015 4:55pm
8/10/2015 4:55pm
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8/14/2015 5:56pm
Well I've just hit the 15 hour mark on my bike and I couldn't be happier with it. The bike handles great, power delivery is smooth but it's strong if you want it to be, it's really light and flickable in the air. My only complaint with it is the suspension. When I first got the bike it felt very stiff and rigid through the rough stuff and it bottomed out really easy. I know that I'm going to feel some stuff so I rode it a little bit and decided to take it to one of our local guys here and see if they could work their magic. First off was a stiffer spring obviously and then he revalved both the forks and the shock. And it was way too stiff but it wasn't bottoming out anymore which was good but it still felt really rigid and nervous through the bumps. So he went in and made a few changes and it was a little better but I still wasn't completely satisfied. The back end tracked really well and stayed underneath me over everything and never got out of whack. Well recently I just hit the 15 hour mark on it and everything I think everything is seated and pretty well broken in now and the suspension now feels exactly how it did when it was bone stock.
I spoke with Factory Connection today and they told me that they have figured out how to get rid of that stiff choppy feeling at the top of the stroke and they could get me a setup that would really work well for me. I don't want to throw in the towel on my suspension guy yet and we are going to try a few more settings to try and figure it out but if we can't I'm probably going to go with Factory Connection since they specialize in Honda it kind of seems like a no brainer.
My question is, are they really as good as what they say they are? I know they do the Geico bikes but obviously we are talking about two completely different setups. Does anyone have this bike that has this same issue? How was your guys' experience with Factory Connection? Just trying to get some feedback on where else to look to have do my suspension.
Mike
I spoke with Factory Connection today and they told me that they have figured out how to get rid of that stiff choppy feeling at the top of the stroke and they could get me a setup that would really work well for me. I don't want to throw in the towel on my suspension guy yet and we are going to try a few more settings to try and figure it out but if we can't I'm probably going to go with Factory Connection since they specialize in Honda it kind of seems like a no brainer.
My question is, are they really as good as what they say they are? I know they do the Geico bikes but obviously we are talking about two completely different setups. Does anyone have this bike that has this same issue? How was your guys' experience with Factory Connection? Just trying to get some feedback on where else to look to have do my suspension.
Mike
Now if you've got some coin to spend, I was told by PR2 to get the spring forks off the 250's (10-13) and build them for the 450. You can check out ebay and see what they got them going for.
The Shop
I finally threw in the towel and just picked up a 2016 KX450F, i like somethings better about the CRF450R but my first ride on the KX with just guessing at what the heck air to put where I liked the forks better than the re-valved CR stuff.
So even though I liked most everything about the CR except the forks, overall being a big guy I think I will be happier on the KX.
Sometimes I feel I should have just gone down the Ohlins route, but I couldn't find anybody who tried them on a Honda. Which I found a little strange based on some of the negative comments on the board about the PS2 forks.
PS Im also not a air fork hater my revalved PS1 forks where some of the best stuff I have ever had.....and I have been riding/buying bikes for over 40 years!
Pit Row
just think you have launch control though
Its not just Honda, most of the brands seen to have some major issues that need money thrown at them right away.
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